tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post7438404793047679807..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Alcohol Consumption Plummeting In ScotlandDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-21689622990900094072013-09-28T01:17:20.625+01:002013-09-28T01:17:20.625+01:00I'm doing my best, but at these prices it'...I'm doing my best, but at these prices it's hard to keep the average up! No wonder Scotland is drinking less (officially). Even supermarket prices are vicious now, fortunately home brewing is easy.Legironnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-90079888252111350442013-09-27T12:01:57.533+01:002013-09-27T12:01:57.533+01:00It's, frankly, of no interest at all to me and...It's, frankly, of no interest at all to me and others I know whether drinking rates/consumption rise or fall. Tumbleweed aptly describes our attitude. Where's the interest, here? We can see no possible gain in this knowledge. Sure, to the companies, fine, but to us? pst.......<br /><br /><br />If anyone has lost a relative to what they ascribe as the 'demon drink', then, surely, that is more indicative of a failing family than any fault on the rest of us.<br /><br /><br />Still, I suppose it keeps these interfering bastards off the dole queue. But gainfully employed is hardly how I'd describe them.Frank Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-35430612345152378602013-09-27T00:35:17.654+01:002013-09-27T00:35:17.654+01:00Agreed but the preliminary reports will have been ...Agreed but the preliminary reports will have been circulated long before they hit the public domain allowing the activists and their friends ample warning to preempt them. Hence the article in August and the tumbleweed now. The BBC reports what suits its agenda. The idea that it is an impartial broadcaster of UK "news" is an increasingly ridiculous concept, .Ivan Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-56339108766705132522013-09-26T23:49:33.360+01:002013-09-26T23:49:33.360+01:00Yes, but that's what they did in August. This ...Yes, but that's what they did in August. This set of results was yesterday. Nothing but tumbleweed since.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-8111471490216160012013-09-26T23:48:45.143+01:002013-09-26T23:48:45.143+01:00Something like this, perhaps?Something <a href="http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/jewel-robbing-spotted-in-sunday-express.html" rel="nofollow">like this</a>, perhaps?Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-53787347728017942872013-09-26T23:47:24.001+01:002013-09-26T23:47:24.001+01:00It's almost like you are a fly on their wall. ...It's almost like you are a fly on their wall. That's exactly what I expect they are thinking.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-86465517897250049392013-09-26T23:24:32.114+01:002013-09-26T23:24:32.114+01:00Stupid of me not to have checked first but the BBC...Stupid of me not to have checked first but the BBC aka the propaganda division of the Provisional Puritan Government of GB (PPGB) got its plug for Authoritarianism by otherwise Pointless Political Nonentities (PPN) in well ahead of time. Leader of the PPN in Scotland,, the spectacularly stupid and hopelessly ill-informed Michael Matheson used the fall in consumption to fuel his campaign for minimum pricing. The BBC duly reported it, ignoring the opinion of the vast majority of the population and pretending balance through a quote from the Scottish Whiskey Association. My previous comment was quite close on the headline which read <br /><br />"Scots drink too much' despite fall in alcohol per person sold"<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23758796<br /><br />The "journalism" and politics behind this article leave me lost for words. I simply cannot articulate my contempt for Matheson or the BBC without resort to expletives. I have no doubt at all that the the BBC has become a vehicle for propaganda and I can see no reason for it being allowed to continue as is. The British public is being deceived and manipulated by a much cherished national institution.Ivan Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-64989552318034391942013-09-26T22:41:45.158+01:002013-09-26T22:41:45.158+01:00But along with smoking, there's just no safe l...But along with smoking, there's just no safe level is there?<br />2 small sherries at Christmas, and you're just as addicted as the wino who would drink the antifreeze out your car radiator.<br /><br />Oh and "Wont someone just think of the children!!".<br /><br />That should just about cover any press release over the next few days.Budvar Yorksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-52556631075434112582013-09-26T21:19:43.661+01:002013-09-26T21:19:43.661+01:00*like**like*MarkWadsworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-35132302536706156572013-09-26T21:03:55.283+01:002013-09-26T21:03:55.283+01:00I am sure that the BBC will catch up later in the ...I am sure that the BBC will catch up later in the week. It usually takes the news team a bit longer if their favourite "charities" don't immediately send a press release. The headline will probably read something like "Alcohol consumption falls slightly but too many Scots still ignoring government advice on drink limits"Ivan Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-62833733313171881042013-09-26T20:33:35.350+01:002013-09-26T20:33:35.350+01:00The silence was due to fear that maybe just maybe ...The silence was due to fear that maybe just maybe the Scottish people don't need these quasi fundamentalists and the alcohol control lobby could paraphrase that line out of the movie Backdraft <br /><br />"You see that flash of light in the corner of your eye? That's your career dissipation light. It just went into high gear."<br /><br />:DDavid Pimboroughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-17440814654496710402013-09-26T19:54:25.588+01:002013-09-26T19:54:25.588+01:00OMG the Scottish reputation for a wee bevvy takes ...OMG the Scottish reputation for a wee bevvy takes a tumble - once they've sobered up d'ya think they might get around to lynching of the SMPs? aor at the very least a decimation (in the Roman sense)?moonrakinnoreply@blogger.com